Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Yesterday, just before midnight, from photographer Keith Campbell (United Kingdom) I got the kind permission to post his following exclusive shots on my blog. Pictured is A-10C 81-0967 from the 74th Fighter Squadron during stop-over at Al Udeid AB, Qatar, on their way back home to CONUS after a 74th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Operation Enduring Freedom combat deployment to Afghanistan. Special thanks to the photographer, because A-10 stop-over shots, taken at Al Udeid, are very rare.

Please note: I've found Keith's shots by trying Google and Flickr. They were already posted on AirplanePictures, but with a water mark. And as Keith told me, 81-0967 was the one rebuilt after being hit by a missile over Kosovo.

Dedicated in Love

This blog is dedicated to Marina Naumann, my latest female partner who died after incurable pancreas cancer on June 17, 2010, just only a half year after diagnosis. Marina was the second true wife in my life, and she always supported my long-year enthusiastic research work on the Hog, especially since the beginning of operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Rest in peace, Marina.